Nicolas Kicker and Gonzalo Lama will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Chile Dove Men+Care Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Kicker who should win in 2 sets.
Nicolas Kicker -> 1.36
Gonzalo Lama -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Kicker vs. Gonzalo Lama
This will be the 5th time that Nicolas Kicker and Gonzalo Lama play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Kicker and Lama (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kicker won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Perugia Challenger back in 2016.
Nicolas Kicker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 50-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-13 | 2-4 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-28 | 6-6 | 20-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 64-21 | 17-2 | 47-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 211, Nicolas got to the qualifications after beating Benjamin Torres 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kicker had a good straight sets win against Torres (6-0 6-2). During the match, Kicker scored 62 points vs Torres’s 33. Kicker was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kicker scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Kicker conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Kicker put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Kicker broke Torres 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kicker has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (286-178). 1-1 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kicker has an overall261-154 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Nicolas has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Santiago
Gonzalo Lama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-29 | 3-4 | 15-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-29 | 0-0 | 39-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-19 | 0-1 | 49-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-16 | 1-4 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, Gonzalo reached the qualifications after beating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-73 7-66 6-1.
In the qualifications against Ugo Carabelli, The Chilean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-66 6-1). During the match Lama scored 122 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 109. Gonzalo was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Lama made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gonzalo Lama was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (49/67) of his 1st serve and 58% (31/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lama broke Ugo Carabelli 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Chilean’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger and the Concepcion Challenger.
Gonzalo has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Santiago
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kicker | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 33 |
| Pts | 62-33 | 122-109 |
| Total Points | 95 | 231 |
| Winners | 24 | 49 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Kicker and Lama played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gonzalo Lama dropped 1 set while Nicolas Kicker hasn’t lost a set so far. Kicker has played 1 set(s) less than Lama (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kicker played 19 games less than Lama. The Argentine scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo blasted 49 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kicker | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 67/120 |
| %1st in | 64% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 49/67 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 31/53 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 58% |
Kicker struck 1 ace . Lama also struck 7 aces . Kicker won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Lama won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kicker | Lama |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 63% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Kicker pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 9 break points. The Chilean broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Gonzalo conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kicker | |||
| Q1 Torres | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 62-33 | 62-33 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lama | |||
| Q1 Ugo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 7-66 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 122-109 | 122-109 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 67/120 | 67/120 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 49/67 | 49/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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